When the Albino Deer Came to Stay at Presque Isle Park
A friend posted a picture of an albino deer today. Just another thing that brings me home. I have never wanted to be home so bad in my life. It made me remember the zoo that was on Presque Isle. Growing up, we would walk around the island, visit the zoo, and stop to get […]
Michigan: Sweet On My Mind…
A SUMMER ROMANCE AND THE U.P. As we say goodbye to summer and venture into the cold again, I have to admit I had a summer romance… It reminded me so much of the summer romances in Michigan. And yes, we drove the Spyder and I blasted Kid Rock, Summertime in northern Michigan, which often […]
This is More Fun
What do cancer and earrings have in common? Check out the latest creative writing piece by Marquette Magazine featured writer Dawn Adamson. For quite some time I have been visiting a young woman with a terminal disease. In the past, I would join her for tea, a wicked game of cribbage or scrabble. I haven’t […]
Vortical Flow
Latest creative writing piece by Dawn Adamson Need some fresh perspective on the frigid cold of winter this year that will warm up your face with a smile? Read the latest creative writing piece by Dawn Adamson, This winter has been brutal on the heart, the body, and the soul. Apparently, we are in some […]
Compassion Meter
I have a compassion meter. This meter has become extremely sensitive and fine-tuned. It happened while being a mom and working as a nurse in oncology. As an oncology nurse and someone who now does hospice and home healthcare when I can, I developed a Zero-tolerance meter. I don’t understand how people can be mean. […]
About This
About this. There is something about the word about. It always gives me away. It bothered me and I started to wonder why. So here’s what happens. In the course of a conversation, if I say about, no matter where I have lived, I get asked the question, “Are you from Canada?” This question always […]
Newtons Laws
My father was a physicist, chemist and a mathematician. He taught at MSHS. Loved it. I grew up with his students coming to the house and phrases such as force equals mass times acceleration. A body at rest tends to stay at rest. For every action there is an equal an opposite reaction. To be […]
